                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCEDURE WHEN PERSON NOT CONFINED IN FACILITY OR OTHER INSTITUTION (§
37.2-846)

A. In all cases, other than those provided for in &#xA7; 37.2-845, the person
may file his petition in the circuit court of the county or the city in which he
resides or in which he was found to have a mental illness or in which an order
was entered authorizing his continued involuntary inpatient treatment, pursuant
to Article 5 (&#xA7; 37.2-814 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of this title.

B. Any proceeding to challenge the continued secure inpatient treatment of any
person held in custody as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 9 (&#xA7;
37.2-900 et seq.) of this title shall be conducted in the circuit court wherein
the person was last convicted of a sexually violent offense or wherein the
defendant was deemed unrestorably incompetent and referred for commitment
pursuant to &#xA7; 19.2-169.3.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 37-124; 1950, p. 916; 1968, c. 477, § 37.1-104.1; 1976,
c. 671; 2003, cc. 989, 1018; 2005, c. 716.